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Suffield Wrestling Takes 3rd Place in NCCC Tournament
The Wildcats worked the mat on Saturday and brought home some medals for their effort.
Suffield suffered some difficult early-round losses on its way to winning seven medals in the NCCC wrestling tournament held at Enfield High School on Saturday. Suffield placed 3rd overall in team points, closely behind 2nd-place Somers. Avon won 1st place overall.
Juniors Ryan Hunihan and Dan D'Ostuni, at 130 pounds and 135 pounds respectively, both entered into the championship final match at their weight class. Both wrestled hard in losses to claim second place.
Sophomore Dillon Lisk, 112 pounds, junior Kevin Bentz, 125 pounds, senior co-captain Joey Gleason, 145 pounds, sophomore Tristen Cauley, 160 pounds, and junior Sean Kucia, 285 pounds, all had one loss each for the day and garnered 3rd-place victories in the tournament.
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The team heads into the Class M State Championships next Friday and Saturday at Windham High School with hopes of bringing more medals back to Suffield.
